Berthold Fischer

Berthold Fischer (born January 21, 1807 in Schaffhausen ; † February 6, 1879 in Traisen (Lower Austria) ) was an Austrian entrepreneur .

Life

Berthold Fischer was born in Schaffhausen on January 21, 1807, as the son of the entrepreneur Johann Conrad Fischer , who made the malleable cast iron process known on the mainland , and Anna Catharina Fischer, née von Waldkirch (1775–1842). He had two older sisters and four older brothers. First he attended schools in Schaffhausen. Then he probably completed an apprenticeship as a coppersmith . A stay in England and further training in Vienna and Paris followed. From 1834 to 1838 he was unsuccessful as an entrepreneur at the La Raisse crucible factory in Montbéliard . Then in 1838 he took over the management of the spindle factory in Traisen, founded by his brother Georg in 1825. In 1844 he bought the factory. Under his leadership, the Fischer'sche soft iron and steel foundry was expanded into an important malleable cast iron and steel foundry. His products were judged very appreciatively at the world exhibition in 1873 . From 1871 it was under the direction of his successor Dr. med. Sigmund Schudel, the husband of Georg Fischer's daughter Seraphina. Then his son, the chemist Dr. Berthold Schudel, the company. He sold it in 1894 to the brothers Alfred, Guido and Edgar Lenz from Vienna. Under this leadership, the plant grew to around 1200 employees. In 1917 it was bought by the armaments company Skoda-Wetzler . This was followed by several other changes of ownership until 1938, when the Austrian-Alpine assembly company acquired and integrated the company.

Part of the company, namely the malleable cast iron fitting production , was bought back from Voest-Alpine in 1990 by the Georg Fischer Group in Schaffhausen .

Berthold Fischer was considered a great philanthropist and donated considerable amounts to charitable institutions. Fischer, who remained unmarried, died on February 6, 1879 at the age of 72 in Traisen.

Honors

1877: Honorary citizen of Traisen

literature

Berthold Fischer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 320.
Emil Schüz, Rudolf Stotz: The malleable cast iron, a manual for practitioners and students. 1930
Ll. For history and technology. l, p. 106.
Johann Slokar: History of Austrian industry and its promotion under Emperor Franz I: with special consideration of large-scale industry. P. 489.
Max Ruh : The Berthold Fischer foundry in Traisen. In: Schaffhauser portfolio. 1984, pp. 12-14.
D. Strohm: 170 years of Georg Fischer in Austria. In Georg Fischer + GF + International. No. 6, 1997, pp. 22-24.
Franz Mathis: Big Business in Austria: Feinstahl Traisen , page 105f. Online version
Adrian Knoepfli: With iron and steel casting to success (= Swiss pioneers in business and technology, volume 74) Association for Economic History Studies, Zurich, 2002, ISBN 3-909059-24-4 , pp. 29–34 online version (PDF )

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Friedrich A. Rufer: Schaffhauser Biographien VI . Ed .: Arpad St. Andreànzsky et al. tape 81 . Historical Association of the Canton of Schaffhausen, 2007, ISSN 0259-3599 , p. 103-112 .

personal data
SURNAME	Fischer, Berthold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	January 21, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schaffhausen
DATE OF DEATH	February 6, 1879
Place of death	Traisen (Lower Austria)

[1] Friedrich A. Rufer: Schaffhauser Biographien VI . Ed .: Arpad St. Andreànzsky et al. tape 81 . Historical Association of the Canton of Schaffhausen, 2007, ISSN 0259-3599 , p. 103-112 .